Acts of Creation

You can tell it on the
mountain, in the valley far below,
But you needn't tell the craftsmen what they already
know,
From the author at her keyboard, to the woodwright at his
lathe
Every act of creation is an act of faith!

From the rancher mending fences with the
wire she has found,
To the farmer on his tractor putting seed-corn in the
ground,
In this world of hate and anger, when it's easy to
destroy,
Every act of creation is an act of joy!

So we work on art and music, though we
know it will be flawed.
Yet in striving to do better, we are reaching out to
God.
We are reaching for perfection, and it's not beyond our
scope:
Every act of creation is an act of hope.

Though you work with words or music,
living things, or stone or glass,
If you don't love what you're making, it will never come to
pass.
From the paintings of a child, to the works of God
above,
Every act of creation is an act of love.